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The two men shake hands
A bargain has been made
For a nameless daughter
Her will never asked
Up she trudges
Up to the castle
And down
Down to the dungeon
Where silently she weeps
For she knows in her heart
Never again will she see the sun rise
Then comes a tap at her shoulder
And the nam...

There is a bridge, and a car driving slowly across it, and a driver, whose head is spinning with vodka and misery. The car stops and she steps out. She does not stagger. She will somehow manage to hold herself together in these last few moments. She walks to the edge of the bridge. There is a small ...

In the death of imagination
The poets whisper.
The ravens call
Dark Dark Dark.
The wind moans
Silence Silence Silence.
The owl hoots
Fools Fools Fools.
The wolves howl
Lone Lone Lone.
The children cry
Fall Fall Fall.
And the poets whisper.
Who knows what they say?...

A scratched and battered plate
Of unconfirmed and mysterious origin
A wretched expression
Of complete despair
And a putrid heap
Of steaming soggy eggs
Is it possible?
Can it be?
Brinner—again!
The word itself-
Almost as terrible
As the selection before me-
Sets a chill to my bones
And...

Moonlight bleeds
Into clouds sea green
Dreams of starships blow
Through my mind
Like the wind
Through my hair
Tossing and rolling
Into new shapes
New patterns of beauty
I tuck my hair behind my ear
And those stray thoughts too
But not before I catch
A swift streak across the moon
Pier...

There is a bedroom
And a bed without a frame
And huge quilts tossed carelessly atop it
Constructed delicately from cherished scraps
Stitched by a hand
Now long gone to dust
Bare floor is an unknown luxury
Clothes strewn across the room
Boxes sitting lids half open
And the walls somehow
A...

Slowly shall I rest my weary bones
‘Pon a bier of jagged stone
Too young to live, too old to die
Never shall the dark moon’s light
Shine upon my soul again
Where has the tempest gone?
The storm, the rage, the fury’s call
Where has the silence gone?
The sigh, the tears, the lovers’ so...

Argent banners fly o’er
Battlements strong and high.
Chatoyant silk garbs the noble ladies and
Damask their chivalrous lords.
Enthralled are they,
Fraught with their own fetid grandeur,
Giving no thought
to the woes of the morrow.
Hailing the festive night,
they forget the bloody dawn...

Words are my life from dawn to sunny dawn
The perfect form of expression to me
Yet I open my mouth and they are gone
And I cannot fathom where they could flee
I try and try to transmute thought to speech
Attempt to overcome crippling shyness
And all that comes is a terrible screech
Which is t...

The dark of the moon shines upon my soul
From whence does this unearthly light arrive?
Bathing my sight with ephemeral images
That lock upon me with grips of stone
Is it carried down in the hands of angels,
Or shed in the wake of a comet?
Is it the answer to the universe,
Or is it only the be...

Where did the roses go?
The ones that sat in your cheeks
Just beneath the skin
Without them your face is so pale
Too pale even for death
Where did the sea go?
I always saw it
Reflected in yours eyes
Have the constant tears
Washed away all color?
Where did the dye go?
I always knew y...

The world cannot know
The power
That dwells in my heart
And in the hearts of All
For the world does not look
Past the veil of mist
I use to shield myself
As do All
And so I must ask
The world to step aside
Or else I
And All
Will brush the world aside...

The sky decides
It would like to rain
And earth
Becomes mud
And from the mud
Comes life
The life
That needs the mud
And the life
That needs the life
While the sky
Turns away
Or perhaps
There was a little
Just a little
More rain
And the mud
Burdened by the water
Slides down
Into ...

Long ago I saw
I saw the night
And the night
Saw me
That moment I knew
I knew it was love
And I think the night
Knew too
For a moment I watched
I watched his distant beauty
And the night
Watched mine
Then I took a step
I took a step towards bliss
And the night
Stepped back
Fo...

Someday I’ll kiss you
And you won’t shrink away
In fear
Revulsion
At the stink of my decay
Someday you’ll realize
That I have higher aims
Than death
Destruction
And the consumption of sweet brains
Someday you’ll love me
Just as much as I love you
Forever
Don’t worry
The v...